​The Egyptian Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, a publication of The Egyptian Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Society (ECTAS), is a peer-reviewed online journal with a quarterly print-on-demand compilation of issues published. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive the final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The journal does charge for submission, processing, or publication of manuscripts and even for color reproduction of photographs.